{"id":11423,"date":"2023-09-28T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=11423"},"modified":"2023-09-28T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T10:03:52","slug":"nelp-amazon-wage-study","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/nelp-amazon-wage-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s warehouse wage woes: new study exposes severe pay discrepancies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new report by the U.S.-based\u00a0National Employment Law Project (NELP), released on Tuesday,\u00a0reveals Amazon’s pay is “inadequate compared to other warehouse employers and insufficient for workers to approach even average earnings in the counties where they work<\/strong>.”\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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The\u00a0study, titled \u201cA Good Living: Amazon Can and Must Make a Middle-Income Livelihood Possible<\/a>,\u201d uses U.S. Census data to uncover that warehouse workers in counties where Amazon operates earn 26 percent less than the average monthly earnings for all workers in those counties.<\/span><\/div>\r\n
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Compared to warehouse workers\u00a0in counties without Amazon\u2019s presence,\u00a0warehouse employees in “Amazon counties”\u00a0earn approximately 18\u00a0per cent\u00a0less, around US$822 less a month.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\r\n
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\u201cThis is precisely what unions have been saying all along: Amazon drags down wages for warehouse workers. Amazon likes to brag about its starting pay- but the reality is that the company puts a decent living out of reach for all warehouse workers in the areas in which it operates. Only a strong union and collective bargaining will change that,\u201d said Christy Hoffman, UNI Global Union\u2019s General Secretary<\/b>.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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NELP Senior Researchers and Policy Analysts Irene Tung and Yannett\u00a0Lathro<\/strong>p authored the study, and they shed light on the substantial influence Amazon\u2019s presence has on lowering average income and urged the multinational tech giant to leverage\u00a0its resources to offer U.S. workers a path out of financial precarity.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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“Amazon has gotten away with such low pay for incredibly grueling work by taking advantage of people\u2019s economic vulnerability and the lack of job opportunities in many places around the country. But with the vast resources at its disposal, Amazon could instead offer U.S. workers a real lifeline out of insecurity and having to live from hand to mouth,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0said Tung<\/strong>.<\/div>\r\n
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Amazon\u2019s recent announcement to raise minimum starting pay to US$17 an hour for warehouse workers\u00a0does address the problems in the report. The authors note that considering inflation, this purported \u201craise\u201d\u00a0is less valuable in real terms compared to Amazon\u2019s previous\u00a0US$16 starting pay in 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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\u00a0Additionally, the report illustrates the disproportionate impact of Amazon\u2019s subpar wages on\u00a0its predominantly Black\u00a0and Latinx frontline workers,\u00a0who represent\u00a0a significant portion\u00a0of its U.S. workforce. \u201cAmazon\u2019s pay policies may be reinforcing and perpetuating labour\u00a0market inequities across the U.S.,\u201d Lathrop<\/strong> emphasized.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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In the study, NELP proposes recommendations, urging Amazon to support workers\u2019 rights to organize and to increase pay by at least 25\u00a0per cent, which would align worker\u2019s wages closer to a middle-income standard. Additionally, the study calls for transparency from Amazon regarding\u00a0pay and racial equity data.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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These voices of Amazon employees within the report underscore the urgent need for Amazon to transform its approach to unions and worker welfare. Wendy Taylor, an Amazon warehouse worker,<\/strong> shared her ongoing struggle to make ends meet, emphasizing, \u201cEvery day is a struggle\u2026That\u2019s why I\u2019m fighting for a union and joining my coworkers in demanding a raise at Amazon.\u201d\u00a0<\/div>\r\n
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The report was released in partnership with groups around the country, including ALIGN, Athena Coalition, the\u00a0Awood\u00a0Center, Make the Road New Jersey, Missouri Workers Center, Philadelphia Jobs with Justice, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, Warehouse Workers for Justice, Warehouse Workers Resource Center, and United for Respect.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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